This year, Thistle Farms is launching a 'shared trade' alliance that provides a means for women to leave the street and close the door on prison.

Written by

the Rev. Becca Stevens

I've got a funny feeling - like knowing it's going to rain when the wind picks up in a certain way and shows you the backs of silver maple leaves on a spring evening.

The wind is rising, as new books about women holding up half the sky top the best-seller lists and the news that millions of people around the world danced on Valentine's Day to protest sexual violence against women. It is rising from countless local, national and international groups founded to end human sex trafficking. It is rising with the voices of brave girls and women who have survived sexual violence and are willing and able to ...